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[HWPG]

i have two sisters, an older and a younger. we are (in order): kyle jinn, mirolee blue, dorene stasia. we never have people with the same names in our class - maybe, sometimes, something close.... but never a duplicate.

 

[morganwhite7]

Mirolee I'm not sure how much you know about Russia- but my grandma (who's 56, she left my mom with my great gma for 16 years :/) finally came to her senses and became a missionary to make up for being so crappy for so long, met a pastor who she married and had another kid with (I have an uncle a year younger than me.. so strange), and they moved to Moldova. Have been there for 15 years now. It's on the borders of Ukraine and Belarus also, so not sure if your OH knows much about it.. Pretty small country I believe. I visited a few years back and it is soooo cold and scary. I remember we got pulled over and the cops said if we paid them they'd let us go. So my gma handed them some cash and on we went. Russia scaressss me lol. But what I was getting at is that Sasha (they say "sas-chka"?) is like EVERYONE's nickname there lol.. What is up with that?? Lol

 

[asmcsm]

I like the name Sacha, was actually going to say that earlier lol

 

[Disneybaby26]

Hubbs just brought home a rocker/glider that I found on a local "tagsale" Facebook site that people in the area sell there stuff on...35$!!!! And pristine!! These things sell for 300-400$ online! It looks brand new, I'm so pumped!

 

[HWPG]

yes, Sascha is how OH would say it, i would "butcher" it with Sasha. we dont really have an equivalent "sch" sound in our language. that being said, it seems they all have pre-assigned nicknames for their names: aleksandr = sascha, michael = misha, yevgeniy = zhenya - and most of the nicknames are unisex, so boys and girls are sascha's and zhenya's.
and all *that* being said, i just did an hour with Russian Rosetta stone and it's exhausting!

 

[asmcsm]

I like Misha too! I've always liked Russian names for some reason...my dog's name is Nikita lol

 

[clynn11]

Have you thought about Maia Aleksandra, Mirolee? Love your names, and any way you put them they're going to sound beautiful!!

 

[clynn11]

Went home for lunch and DH was looking at baby names So glad he is showing interest and secretly excited! Especially because I know names are going to be the hardest for us!

He liked Seraphina (Fina for short), Callia, Fallon. Didn't SAY he liked them but was showing interest.

Boys are going to be harder. He liked Killian until he looked up the meaning and the first thing that popped up was church (we're just not religious, so that was a turn off lol). He liked Kieran too. Showed some interest in Deegan. And Ronan.

Makes me happy. I still know he is going to be stubborn though!

 

[wavescrash]

So we went to the ER earlier today for a little scare (all is well) and they sent us up to L&D. Once there they sent me for an ultrasound and turns out that Leah is, in fact, breech. Obviously she has plenty of time to flip but that explains a lot and I had a feeling she was anyway. It also explains how my ribs are killing me like something is shoved up there even though I only feel her move below my belly button - because her head is up there. She was moving around a lot on the screen which is crazy for how little I actually feel her moving.

 

[clynn11]

Oh how scary Amanda!!! FX that little girl flips before she's ready to come!!

 

[asmcsm]

Cassidy wasn't fallon on your list? Cillian is on mine. We're not religious either but I rally like that name. I've never heard seraphina but I really like seraphine. So sweet that he was looking them up all on his own though. I had a little heart melt at thanksgiving when chad asked my aunt if she thought he was going to be a good dad. She told him yes, but that the incident with getting the wrong cat at the vet had worried her lol. He said "I think so too" also when he was laying on my belly and asked when he'd be able to feel him/her.

Oh wow Amanda! Glad everything is okay. Hopefully little Leah cooperates and flips soon.

 

[wavescrash]

Thanks ladies, I hope so too!

My cousin's last baby was breech from 19 weeks on and never flipped. They didn't even try to flip her either because she was engaged, "frank breech" meaning her butt was engaged in the pelvis with her legs bent up toward her head :/ So hopefully she turns on her own or is able to be turned by the doctor. I just have this feeling with how different this pregnancy has been so far that the rest of it will be completely different than my "normal" as well. I've never had a breech baby so I figured she had to be breech. Haven't had a c-section so I fear I'm going to wind up having to have one this time as well. So fingers crossed all works out like I hope lol.

 

[clynn11]

All the names I listed were on my list After I saw he was looking them up on his own I pulled up my list and was like "LOOK AT THESE!!!!!" lmao. But he seemed the most keen on Fallon or Lyana. I really like Harley too and I think it would be a cute tribute to his dad because his dad loved Harleys.

 

[asmcsm]

Harley is a cute idea. That way whether you have a girl or boy you'd still be doing a little tribute to his dad since I know you're using his name as a boy middle name

 

[wavescrash]

So an out-of-state friend mentioned earlier that she wishes she could attend my baby shower (she's in Texas, I'm in Ohio so I didn't expect her to be able to...) but that something was on it's way from her anyway.

I'm a registry-cheater (I peek at it to see if anything has been purchased, I'll find out eventually and I'm the one who created it so I know what items I'm likely to get so I don't see the harm in peeking lol) so I checked it out to see if what she was referring to was something off my registry -- and it was! She bought the monitors I put on there They were like $35 so it wasn't too expensive but it just makes me so happy because new baby monitors were something OH & I were desperate to get because our current one sucks so bad. It has horrible reviews but lasted us roughly a year before causing any issues so we just kept it. Hannah's obviously older now and we don't need it as much as we would with a newborn so it works for us for now, but wouldn't with a newborn. It is constantly beeping saying we're out of range even if we're in the next room (it's supposed to have a decent range, too) but apparently that's a super common complaint with the monitor we currently have - just didn't see the reviews until it was too late to return it. So needless to say, I'm beyond stoked about someone purchasing the new monitor. It has great reviews and the friend that bought it for me said someone gifted the same set to her previously and she loves it & highly recommended it, especially for the price. My favorite part is that it has a talk-back feature so we can talk to the baby from our parental unit. YAY BABY STUFF


This is the monitor we currently have, that I recommend against: Sony Baby Call Nursery Monitor - https://www.amazon.com/NTM-910YIC-S...=1386910232&sr=8-1&keywords=sony+baby+monitor

These are the monitors we're getting: VTech Baby Audio Monitor - https://www.target.com/bp/vtech#?lnk=snav_plp_vtech

 

[CantHrdlyWait]

All beautiful names girls!!!

We really like Lily (although it's a little popular) Harper, Charlotte, and Claire.
For boys I like Ethan and Jack.

Also, I'm wearing my first pair of maternity pants today and they are GLORIOUS.

 

[morganwhite7]

Waves- I love cheating & peeking at my registry purchases, too. I'm patiently awaiting my Gma's gifts, she bought 2 ADORABLE summer baby rompers, a fancy dress and Mary Jane's for church, and a TINY pink knit sweater.. Omg I can't wait to see them haha. She ships everything directly to us, did it with Jaxon too, I had a steady stream of registry inventory coming in at all times and it was AWESOME. Haha

And I hope she flips around too!! You may want to ask if they can do the "baby coaxing" or whatever they call it (where the MW tries to coax baby into downright position, using lots of lube and force :/). They tried it with Jaxon with no luck, but we were much further along. Maybe if they tried it now it wouldn't hurt so bad?? Ik she can still flip though. Doctors said he did end up turning the right way too (during the CS he was engaged and ready to go) on his own, despite the baby coaxing lol. But who knows.. Ik there are also yoga poses and whatnot to try and encourage them to flip too. May be worth a shot.. it was painful when they tried to move him for me, but I was also 36 weeks by then

Mirolee- Jinn is such a cool, unique name.

I also LOOOVE Maia and Seraphina! My hair stylist's name is Stacia (stay-sha) and I have always loved it, too. Killian is cool, reminds me of beer, but cool haha. Sasha is beautiful.

My aunt is very eccentric and named her sons Kieran Finn, Soren Lance, and Taric Evan all of which I adore.. Lance reminds me of NSYNC though haha. Or the Tour De France CHEATER.. Lol.

Oh and another random thought- Anyone watch the AWESOOOOOME 2 hour tv special Garth Brooks concert in Las Vegas on Nov 30th?? We watched it in Baltimore at the hotel (he's me and DH's favorite, childhood hero!) but I heard on the radio this morning that he's going to do a world tour in 2014 w/ "Miss Yearwood" lol!!! I wanted to buy DH tickets soooo bad for xmas but they aren't on sale yet, such a bummer. But jw if anyone thought his performance that night was as awesome as I did haha. He's frickin great.

 

[HWPG]

i do lilke the sound of maia aleksandra, but that would be 2 names from his family and none from mine, and if we're being honest, i'd like at least one of the names to b e attached to my family (i'm selfish that way - and hey, i'm giving him the first name!). his father was aleksandr, and his grandmother (who he was very close to) was maia. my grandfather was Miro Julian, so that is where the julian/a comes from. other alternative names in our family are: dorothy (gma and my mom), josephine (gma middle name, which i like but i'm not sure if i forever want to commemorate my gma that way (we butt heads), miro (gdad and father and me). i never knew my maternal grandparents and my mom did not have a good relationship with them, so those names are pretty much out. and his mom's name is Olga - and while we do love her, we cannot name a child Olga. her middle name is Rikitanovich (or something along those lines), but again, a little too far out there. um.... i've clearly thought about this WAY before getting pregnant. a girls has to plan, right?

 

[HWPG]

happy blueberry cass!

 

[asmcsm]

Britt- Harper and Charlotte are also becoming popular. I love Harper too, it's on my list. And I know what you mean about maternity pants, I bought 2 pairs of over the belly leggings and I'm in love lol. DH was shopping with me and he said "preggo ladies know how to dress, all this stuff looks super comfy! " lol

Ooo Morgan I love all three of those boy names!

Mirolee, don't blame you for wanting baby to have a name from your family too. Totally makes sense to me